You might be banking on free childcare from your parents when you have kids, but your mom and dad might be thinking something else. According to the New York Times, more and more grandparents are expressing an unwillingness to watch their grandkids every day—granny got plans!

In honor of Grandparents Day (and because Tom Hiddleston's people told me stop calling them and asking if Tom will do a "hot tub" interview with me) we bring you an interview with Baddie Winkle, beloved badass Twitter granny.

Oh, God: Here is a video of a man being informed that he is going to be a grandfather. He opens a box and finds a pacifier, and it takes him so long to piece it together, and when he does it'll wallop you too because here is a gruff Cubs fan literally tearing up as he clutches a binky.

Today is National Grandparents Day, and has been since 1978. If your grandparents are still alive (and if they're not, you know, dicks to you), maybe call them and ask for a card that contains a check for $17, and be thankful, because at least your grandparents didn't hire weird Europeans to fuck with your hair (I…

The newest thing to become obsolete in this fast moving world of technology is none other than your sweet, little old grandparents. According to a UK study, less than one in four grandparents claim to have been asked advice on domestic chores such as learning to cook family recipes, sewing on a buttons or tying ties.…

Today, China's national legislature passed a new law that, once enacted, will require citizens to visit their elderly parents "often," or go to court. This law is so, so ripe for 1980's style stand up jokes about mothers in law, or a very special episode of Married... With Chidren where someone gets bumped on the head…

During my pregnancy I was aware that my mother and her contemporaries were colluding over what they wanted my baby to call her. Apparently, it's a thing now for grandparents to choose their own names that set them apart from the typical and totally normal "Grandma" and "Grandpa," treating the act as though it were a…

The other day, while my mom was holding my 7-month-old little girl, she pinched her chubby thighs and, in a cutesy voice, said, "You have legs just like Hillary Clinton. We're gonna have to put you in pantsuits!" They both laughed. Suddenly, the perspective in my living room became distorted, like in a Hitchcock zoom,…

In theory, the idea of elderly people getting it on is great. In this SFW-ish ad, it kind of makes your eyeballs melt, but in the good, socially-conscious way. Good luck having the condom talk with your Grandpa or Meemaw.

• Lawyers for Samantha Orobator, the pregnant woman jailed in Laos for drug smuggling, say the U.K. shouldn't recognize her conviction because she was subjected to a "disgraceful show trial," denied access to lawyers, and prevented from defending herself. •

The grandparents of Caylee Anthony say they were "devastated" upon learning that a toddler's corpse was found last week, but will not start grieving until the body is identified. George and Cindy Anthony also announced through their lawyer that they continue to stand by their daughter Casey, who is accused of killing…

Today's New York Times is reporting that the Sarah Silverman-endorsed Great Schlep, the campaign that urges young Jews to visit their Floridian grandparents and encourage them to vote for Obama, is sort of a bust. But what do you expect from an article that boasts reporting from someone named Carmen Gentile? (We kid,…

A 14-year-old girl from Iowa was returned to her grandparents yesterday after they abandoned her at Creighton University Medical Center in Omaha, Nebraska on Tuesday to "teach her a lesson." A new law in Nebraska went into effect this summer that would absolve abandonment charges of anyone who leaves an unwanted child…